Costume slip



Sept.- 13 1927. 1,642,300

LA. CONY-ERS COSTUME SLIP Filed Jan. 5. 1927 wf f77/gym 4 Patented Sept. 13, 1927.

UNITED `STATES LUCILE CONYERS, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

COSTUME SLIP.

Application led January 3, 1927. Serial N. 158,571.

My invention relates to garments and has for its object to provide a new and economical costume slip for women.

A further object is to provide an economical slip for ladies wear which will not tear out at the seams and which will be a tailored slip fitting the form of the wearer.

A still further object is to provide a costume slip for women to replace the slip now manufactured, in which the fullness of the hip is covered by a tailored effect on the hips and in which the fullness overv the hips starts above the'hips and gradually increases to the full hip measurement.

These and other objects I accomplish with the device illust-rated in the accompanying dra-wings in which similar numerals and letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views and as described in the specification forming a part of this application and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings in which I have shown the best and most preferred manner of building my invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the costume slip. Figure 2 is a view of the slip as it will be cut from tubing. Figure 3 is a plan view of the slip laid out fiat with the back portion cut open to show the general outline of the slip as cut before sewing up to fitthe figure. Figure 4 is a modified form of the invention showing the slip with the back portion made of one separate piece to make it possible to fit ladies of very large figures. And Figure 5 is a view of another modified form showing the darts placed upon the hips in separate pieces from the front and back of the slip. Figure 6 is a plan view of the portion removed from the tubing. These modifications are to provide slips for ladies having extra large figures or figures which require special tailoring.

It will be obvious that such modifications may be made without 4departing from the spirit of the invention.

In vthe drawings I have shown the tubing from which the garment is cut and formed as A. The said tubing is cut the desired length and a seam or hem 1 made in the bottom thereof. The top is then folded together and measured to fit the bust measurement of the person to wear the slip. A portion 2 is then cut from the side of the slip, with the cut 3 running from the top of the tubing down to approximately the largest hip measurement and parallel with the side of the slip. The i the cut 3 to the top of the garment. This makes a seam in the shape of an inverted Y up the side of the garment, running from the top to the place of largest hip measurement. This seam encloses the edge of the garment and leaves a fullness over the hip which is graduated and not abrupt as in the commonly known costume slip. The other edge of the slip is cut and seams sewn in a similar style and the garment has a topl seam or hem 7 formed therein and a ribbon run therethrough. Shoulder straps 8 are sewn to the to of the garment to hold it over the shoul ers of the wearer, and the garment is ready to be-worn.

It will be obvious that different sizes may be made by slightly or greatly varying the cuts and seams and in making the garments from larger sized tubing, but the style of cut will always be the same and running on similar lines to make a form fitting garment which will not tear lout at the seams but will give and allow perfect freedom of the body.

As shown in Figures 4 and 5, to make garments of larger sizes the back of the garment will have to be pieced by the back piece B or else the gore 5 will have to be piec'ed into the garment in separate pieces by the seams A9 and 10, but in all cases the style of cut and the manner of cutting the garment will not be changed, merely being made on a larger scale.

Having thus described my invention I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim: 1. In a garment of wearing apparel for women a piece of tubing having two penta- .i

gon portions removed from the upper top sides thereof and the cut edges sewn together to form a seam in the shape of an inverted Y with the large end ofithe Y over the hips of the wearer and the leg of the Y under the equal legs; seams sewn into said tubing searm of the wearer. curing the edges of the tubing` together 2. A garment of wearing apparel for where the said pentagon has been removed l0 women consisting` of a piece of tubing havto provide a form fitting garment.

ing a pentagon portion removed from both In testimony whereof I have aixed my sides thereofI in the shape of a rectangle havsignature.

ing one end bfureated into equal angles and i LUCILE CONYERS. 

